REPORT: 63 Percent Of ‘Non-Citizen’ Households Receiving Welfare

In a bit of news that should give pause to those clamoring to allow thousands of Central American migrants into the country, a new report shows an astounding number of “non-citizen” households are being subsidized by taxpayers.

According to the nonprofit group Center For Immigration Studies, 63 percent of all “non-citizens” are on some form of welfare, which places an enormous strain on social services programs that are in place to help the nation’s actual citizens.

A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans, a Census Bureau finding that bolsters President Trump’s concern about immigrants costing the nation.

In a new analysis of the latest numbers, from 2014, 63 percent of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows to 70 percent for those here 10 years or more, confirming another concern that once immigrants tap into welfare, they don’t get off it.

The Center for Immigration Studies said in its report that the numbers give support for Trump’s plan to cut non-citizens off welfare from the “public charge” if they want a green card that allows them to legally work in the United States.

“The Trump administration has proposed new ‘public charge’ rules making it harder for prospective immigrants to qualify for lawful permanent residence — green cards — if they use or are likely to use U.S. welfare programs,” said CIS.

“Concern over immigrant welfare use is justified, as households headed by non-citizens use means-tested welfare at high rates. Non-citizens in the data include illegal immigrants, long-term temporary visitors like guest workers, and permanent residents who have not naturalized. While barriers to welfare use exist for these groups, it has not prevented them from making extensive use of the welfare system, often receiving benefits on behalf of U.S.-born children,” added the Washington-based immigration think tank.

The numbers are huge. The report said that there are 4,684,784 million non-citizen households receiving welfare.

Put into perspective by the study, the 63 percent of “non-citizen” households on receiving welfare exceeds the 55 percent of “all immigrant households (citizen and non-citizen) and 50 percent of naturalized citizen households.

Compare that to the 35 percent of native households and you can get an idea of the staggering number of freeloaders.

Not surprisingly, the percentage jumps all the way to 72 percent of “non-citizen” households living on the dole in the liberal-dominated state of California:

Don’t expect anything to change in terms of policies that encourage such abuse of the system under Democrats, who are ready to run roughshod now that they have retaken the House.

There’s a very good reason for that, as Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson explains in this short video from Prager U.

Watch below:

With calls for open borders becoming louder on the political left, it is quite possible that such an influx would collapse the social safety net entirely.

It’s also possible that it will fuel demands for confiscation and redistribution of wealth to fund the lifestyles of all of these unproductive “non-citizens” who can be counted on to vote reliably Democrat.